Lucia Samayoa

Major: International Studies and Economics
Research Project: Empirical Evaluation of the Economic Development Impact of the West Side Chicago Wal-Mart
What attracted me to CURL: Seemed like a great opportunity to learn a lot of different skills I know I will use in my career. Also, research can have great impact on so many different things like decisions leaders take so I was excited to take part of something that was important
What I hope to gain from CURL: knowledge, connections, be able to look back and see that my work contributed to making something of value.